Ballads

Some might say that the 80’s is a time that has come and gone. They think it’s a decade of terrible hairstyles, cheesy rock ballads, and neon. Ernest Cline decides to bring the time period back in his book Ready Player One. This author weaves 80’s pop culture into a humorous, dark, and slightly dystopian novel. The story begins in the year 2039, when the world faces famine, an energy crisis, and countless wars. However, everyone chooses to ignore these complications and spend all their time in…

Native kids of Canada how to act proper in the British eyes, they taught how inferior life is for the Aboriginals through colonial discourse. The narrator was taught when she is a little girl that her previous way of life is similar to a “scrambled ballad” (Joe 9). This metaphor shows that the Europeans thought that the Aboriginal lifestyle is uncivilized, unorganized and primitive. The English men used many techniques to discourage the Native culture. They used “racism as a tool to maintain…

Key figures like William Wordsworth wrote works like Lyrical Ballads and Daffodils on the danger of polluting the beauty of nature and returning to a rural life that the industrial revolution had set aside. Novelists like Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein to describe how the upsetting of nature's balance in life and…

The war in Vietnam, which lasted from 1955 to 1975, has gone down as one of the influential and controversial wars in United States history. The nation as a whole began to uproar over the war and the major consequences of the war. Public opinion steadily turned against the war following 1967. In the year of 1970, only a third of Americans believed that the U.S. didn’t make a mistake to send more soldiers into Vietnam. Soldiers were dying, and they continued to be sent over to fight even with the…

“And like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Good Bye.” Those were the final words of General Douglas MacArthur’s as he addressed Congress on April 19, 1951. A distinguished war hero by many, General MacArthur was formally dismissed on April 11, 1951 by President Truman as a result from what was reported as insubordination ("Truman relieves MacArthur of duties…

is an important song to America because it has deep roots to Americas history. There are many updated versions of Somewhere Over the Rainbow. One of the most famous versions is the one with the ukulele by Israel K. Somewhere Over The Rainbow is a ballad, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz. It was sung by actress Judy Garland in her starring role as Dorothy Gale. The song won the Academy Award for The Best Original Song and…

When I describe something as popular, I am describing something that appeals to and is liked by a large audience. A greatly example of this is a popular song; the song is constantly being played on the radio, many people request to have that song played, and the sales of the song are high. To be popular, the entity must be known and it must be liked by a large audience. In terms of live theatre, the measurements we can apply to gauge “popularity” encompass different mediums. As stated in the…

The conception of masculinity that results in this clear division of gender roles. The role of procreator is closely tied to masculine sexuality. Having children emerged as a universal sign of masculinity. Many people think that to have children is an important part of fulfilling the responsibilities of men in the family. Interestingly, this men agreeing that having a male child is important. It is possible that this is because many men view having a male child as the woman’s responsibility…

Canada. She walks through cold winter nights, without food, just to keep people safe. Harriet Tubman tackles her problem head on and overcomes a great challenge. Another story from the Facing Challenges unit is John Henry and The Railroad. In this ballad, John Henry gets a new job building railroad tracks. When a big machine comes along and steals John Henry’s job, he has to prove he is better than the machine. He sets up a race with the machine in track building and states he will win. John…

singing in the room next to me, my mother exposing me to classic country music, or my father blasting Metallica and Led Zeppelin while driving in the car with me, there has not been a day where I have not heard an intoxicating guitar riff or mellifluous ballad. In this regard, I am truly lucky, though my admiration for music grew even stronger when I began to play it myself. The first time I picked up a guitar was January of 2013; my fingers moved ungainly over the six, metallic strings. It…